Aitken's method
is to be used to solve an equation, Aitken's method of accelerating convergence uses the initial value and the first two values obtained by the formula to calculate a better approximation than the iterative formula would produce. This can then be used as a new starting point from which to repeat the process until the required accuracy has been reached. While this is computationally intensive, it is the sort of process which spreadsheets handle very easily.
If 
are the initial value and the first two iterations and 
are the forward differences then 
. More generally this will be expressed as 
.
- repeated root
- repeating decimal
- repelling fixed point
- repetition codes
- replicable
- representation
- representation
- representative
- representative sample
- residual
- residual variation
- residue
- residue class
- resistant statistic
- resistive force
- resolution
- resonance
- response bias
- response variable
- rest frame
- rest mass
- restriction
- resultant
- retardation
- retraction